Rubrick said,

The show has been known to be (or appear to be) rather credulous regarding science stories from the popular press. When Paula Poundstone is on, she usually takes the lead in skewering the reported results. It's interesting that, in this instance, she had already heard the story, and she seemed to expect that the news was going to be treated with the lack of seriousness it deserved.

Andrew (not the same one) said,

They don't even consider the idea, which some people seem to be promoting, that the whales can talk – i.e. use language to say things. They report the claim that the whales can mimic human speech., and then demonstrate that it's not very good mimicry.

The BBC's News Quiz (podcasted as Friday Night Comedy) also dealt with the topic. Including mention of 'that dog that says "snausages"' having got there first and the alarming thought that if we teach them English they will eventually realise that we call them 'Killer Whales'.